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glu·ti·nous

(glo͞ot′n-əs)

adj.

Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.

[Middle English, from Latin glūtinōsus, from glūten, glūtin-, glue.]

glu′ti·nous·ly adv.

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glutinous

(ˈɡluːtɪnəs)

adj

resembling glue in texture; sticky

ˈglutinously adv

ˈglutinousness, glutinosity n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

glu•ti•nous

(ˈglut n əs)

adj.

gluey; viscid; sticky.

[1375–1425; late Middle English; < Latin glūtinōsus gluey, sticky. See gluten, -ous]

glu′ti•nous•ly, adv.

glu′ti•nous•ness, glu`ti•nos′i•ty (-ˈɒs ɪ ti) n.

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Adj.

glutinous - having the sticky properties of an adhesive

gluey, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous, pasty

adhesive - tending to adhere

glutinous

adjective sticky, adhesive, cohesive, gooey, viscous, gummy, gluey, mucilaginous, viscid He was covered in soft, glutinous mud.

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glutinous

adjective

Having a heavy, gluey quality:

mucilaginous, viscid, viscose, viscous.

Translations

غَرَوي، لَزِق

lepkavý

klæbrigklistret

límkenndur

lipīgs

glutinous

[ˈgluːtɪnəs] ADJ → glutinoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glutinous

[ˈgluːtɪnəs] adj → visqueux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glutinous

adj → klebrig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

glutinous

[ˈgluːtɪnəs] adj → colloso/a, appiccicoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glutinous

(ˈgluːtinəs) adjective

sticky, like glue. glutinous rice.

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It designates the dark, glutinous substance which is scraped off the back of the Greenland or right whale, and much of which covers the decks of those inferior souls who hunt that ignoble Leviathan.

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A tapping came at the door, and I heard the glutinous accents of M'ling speaking.

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To prevent which, I presently made a large orifice in the vein of the left arm, whence I drew twenty ounces of blood; which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints; but, to my surprize, it appeared rosy and florid, and its consistency differed little from the blood of those in perfect health.

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A starving man, however, little heeds conventional proprieties, especially on a South-Sea Island, and accordingly Toby and I partook of the dish after our own clumsy fashion, beplastering our faces all over with the glutinous compound, and daubing our hands nearly to the wrist.

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The day was very hot, and heaps of flies, who were extending their inquisitive and adventurous perquisitions into all the glutinous little glasses near madame, fell dead at the bottom.

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Meanwhile Twemlow, in an increasing hurry of spirits, gets his hair down as well as he can--which is not very well; for, after these glutinous applications it is restive, and has a surface on it somewhat in the nature of pastry--and gets to the club by the appointed time.

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He is conducted by the beadle and the landlord to the Harmonic Meeting Room, where he puts his hat on the piano and takes a Windsor-chair at the head of a long table formed of several short tables put together and ornamented with glutinous rings in endless involutions, made by pots and glasses.

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Chairs, tables, cheffonier, and sofa, all gleamed with the glutinous brightness of cheap upholstery.

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At the Infanta booth, which raked in more than a million pesos in revenues last year, the municipality put in a lot of effort and thought to catch attention, with a large suman (glutinous rice cakes wrapped in banana leaves) and coconut replicas the size of a wrecking ball crowning its roofThe booth, intricately enlaced with bamboo poles and polished woven coco nets, has a pedestal that features a "falls" of coco milk cascading into a replica of the "bugsok", a basket usually carried along by coconut farmers as their daily bag.

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Customs donates confiscated rice to DSWD !-- -- Roel Pareao (Philstar.com) - July 10, 2019 - 1:36pm ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines The Customs district office in Zamboanga City has donated 6,921 sacks of confiscated glutinous rice to the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, which will distribute it to families affected by El Niao.

Customs donates confiscated rice to DSWD

Ingredients * 1 cup glutinous rice * 2 mangoes, cubed and refrigerated * 1 cup coconut milk * 1/4 cup sugar * 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds * Banana leaf for steaming Preparation * Soak the rice overnight.

Make the most of mango season

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